MedWorm: Midwifery

1. Ethiopia Accelerates Training of Midwives - 15 May 2012
   SHASHEMENE, Ethiopia – One of the key strategies for reducing maternal mortality is making sure trained midwives attend births and can refer women with complications to timely obstetric care. It’s one of the strategies that Ethiopia has embarked on and which is contributing to the steep declines in maternal deaths in that country. (Source: UNFPA News)

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2. Investing in Midwifery Pays - 05 May 2012
   Urgent action is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health before the target year of 2015, and investing in human resources for health, especially midwifery, is one the soundest investments a country can make to accelerate progress, state UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and ICM Secretary-General, Agneta S. Bridges, on the International Day of Midwife. (Source: UNFPA News)
3. NMC proposes 60% hike in registration fee
   The Nursing and Midwifery Council has proposed increasing the annual registrants’ fee to £120 from the start of next year. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
4. Nurses and midwives face 60pc hike in registration fee
   The Nursing and Midwifery Council has proposed increasing the annual registrants’ fee to £120 from the start of next year. (Source: HSJ)
5. Angola: Traditional Midwives to Help in Reduction of Maternal Death Rate
   [ANGOP] Malanje - The Vice governor of the northern Malanje province for political and social affairs, Alice Van-Dúnem, said on Wednesday in Luanda that the works of traditional midwives will contribute to the reduction of the maternal and infant death rate in the communities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)